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The narrator in a prose work who is also a character is
The term for the moral flaw or weakness that leads to downfall of a major character in drama is
The term given to a type of incident or device which recurs frequently in literature is
A trilogy is the
A panegyric poem is composed to
The tragic character is the person whose experiences arouse pity and
I am informed the day recycles itself today
When I slept in the Lord in February .
I blame no one for an untimely death
I bless God for a noble departure- His words The Lord taketh the righteous away before evil days.'
The persona in the poem appear happy to have died
'To see a world in a grain of sand
And a heaven in a wild flower
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour'
- William Blake
To see a World In a Grain of Sand.
The predominant figure of speech used in the lines above is
The form of poetry that celebrates with nostalgia the ideal world of the countryside is referred to as
A character that heavily relies on cultural types for his manner of speech, his personality and other distinguishing characteristics is
Monometer is a
A final stanza of a poem that is shorter than the preceding one is called
Black theatre is a drama concerned with
That quality in a literal work which evokes tenderness, pity or sorrow is
'Emonewua: You it is who own me, and I speak by your permission. When I came home with my husband this morning, believing my mother was ill and
needed nursing, little knew I was walking into a house of ruin
J.P Clark-Bekederemo: The Boat
From the excerpt above, the speaker is
Caliph: ....... son, Open all your ears.
May Allah grant us the fortitude to accept his commands
.... Now the rest is my burden.
I am willing to accept Allah's
will in the matter.
The language of the speaker above is
And your laughter like a flame
piercing the shadows
Has revealed Africa to me beyond
the snow of yesterday.
From the poem above, shadow means
'Yet in their finger upon
Our navel
The midwives of the spirit say
They feel a foetal throb.'
The dominant literary device used in the extract above from Acquahs' In the Navel of the Soul is
These questions are based on General Literary Principles.
A play that mainly aims at provoking excessive laughter is called.
use the lines below to answer this question.
A cursing rogue with a merry farce,
A bundle of rags upon a crutch,
Stumbled upon that windy place
Called Cruachan, and it was as much
.
The rhyme scheme of the stanza above is